I make note of phenomena for the reason they deserve being made note of. There is upon the ocean a most interesting event called a milk sea, in which the waters appear as light. In the following story, one can note the author mentions atmospheric events in the sky appears more black and the stars appear less illuminated.
That would point to an earthly light source, which would have to be ocean generated, as the crew could see their faces reflected in the water when they looked over the side of the ship.
"Therefore, we gradually drew away from this beautiful cluster of islands, and crept across the Indian Ocean towards the Straits of Malacca. On the way, we one night encountered that strange phenomenon, a "milk" sea. It was a lovely night, with scarcely any wind, the stars trying to make up for the absence of the moon by shining with intense brightness.
The water had been more phosphorescent than usual, so that every little fish left a track of light behind him, greatly disproportionate to his size. As the night wore on, the sea grew brighter and brighter, until by midnight we appeared to be sailing on an ocean of lambent flames. Every little wave that broke against the ship's side sent up a shower of diamond-like spray, wonderfully beautiful to see, while a passing school of porpoises fairly set the sea blazing as they leaped and gambolled in its glowing waters. Looking up from sea to sky, the latter seemed quite black instead of blue, and the lustre of the stars was diminished till they only looked like points of polished steel, having quite lost for the time their radiant sparkle. In that shining flood the blackness of the ship stood out in startling contrast, and when we looked over the side our faces were strangely lit up by the brilliant glow.
For several hours this beautiful appearance persisted, fading away at last as gradually as it came. No satisfactory explanation of this curious phenomenon has ever been given, nor does it appear to portend any change of weather. It cannot be called a rare occurrence, although I have only seen it thrice myself —once in the Bay of Cavite, in the Philippine Islands; once in the Pacific, near the Solomon Islands; and on this occasion of which I now write. But no one who had ever witnessed it could forget so wonderful a sight."
Frank T. Bullen
Not liking mysteries and as an exclusive of the Lame Cherry in matter anti matter, the reality of this event is revealed upon inquiry as something akin to swamp gas in the mists, as the ocean like the atmosphere apparently takes on an electrical charge through motion, but instead of as clouds producing lightning, the water so charged excites and produces a glow.
This is not a magnetic charge, but it does affect compass readings as has been noted in the Bermuda Triangle which produces like affect in that region off the American coast.
This has never before been explained nor spoken of so is again exclusive to only here. The Pacific appears to produce a white illumination while the Bermuda area produces a green illumination, based upon the microscopic hugh of the plants in the water.
This is a solar related event in the water takes on an ion charge. It is not caused by wind or wave in water movement. It has to do with solar flares, in instead of it being the Northern Lights, the upper atmosphere excited, this is instead the ocean atmosphere absorbing energies and in turn following the oceanic magnetic lines producing this sheen of light effect.
I do not suppose I will be nominated nor be awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery either eh.
agtG
